Bitcoin has climbed back from its June 30 low near $58,500, trading at near $66,000 as of press time. Options traders are still paying steep premiums for protection against another leg down, and traders on perpetual futures markets have resumed paying to hold leveraged long positions.
An attacker fed the lending system a fake, abnormally low bitcoin price, liquidated vaults that should have been safe, and pocketed the difference in a single transaction.
July 22, 2026, 9:01 amA two-day chip rebound stalled ahead of Alphabet's earnings in a sign of whether the hundreds of billions going into AI is paying off.
July 22, 2026, 8:13 amBitcoin (BTC) treasury firm Satsuma Technology’s shareholders voted to return all of the company’s capital and to cancel its London Stock Exchange listing. The liquidation adds to mounting pressure on digital asset treasury (DAT) companies. The model boomed in 2025, when firms raised capital to stockpile Bitcoin.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs extended their inflow streak to six sessions, bringing in about $930 million while remaining down $4.84 billion on a net basis year to date.
BTC and XRP's exclusion shifts the spotlight from market cap to network fundamentals.
Bitcoin’s long-term holder supply climbed to a fresh all-time high on July 21, extending a rally that had already pushed the metric to a record 16.64 million BTC, or roughly 83% of circulating supply, a month earlier.
Semiconductor stocks led a second day of gains on AI optimism, while the yen slid past 163 per dollar for the first time since 1986.
Wall Street futures barely moved as investors waited for earnings from Tesla, Alphabet and other major companies. Asian markets were mixed, with South Korea’s Kospi jumping more than 5% while Hong Kong slipped. US stocks ended a three-day losing streak as strong results from 3M and General Motors lifted confidence and chip shares rallied.
Hut 8 stock is up 202% in 2026 on AI hyperscaler deals, but its bitcoin mining spinoff keeps losing value.
S&P Global excludes Bitcoin and XRP from its crypto index due to revenue criteria.
The UK Bitcoin treasury company raised $218 million less than a year ago.
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